Comcastic service disconnection (recording starts 10 mins into call) by ryan.block published on 2014-07-14T23:05:07Z Please note: this conversation starts about 10 minutes in -- by this point my wife and I are both completely flustered by the oppressiveness of the rep. So! Last week my wife called to disconnect our service with Comcast after we switched to another provider (Astound). We were transferred to cancellations (aka "customer retention"). The representative (name redacted) continued aggressively repeating his questions, despite the answers given, to the point where my wife became so visibly upset she handed me the phone. Overhearing the conversation, I knew this would not be very fun. What I did not know is how oppressive this conversation would be. Within just a few minutes the representative had gotten so condescending and unhelpful I felt compelled to record the speakerphone conversation on my other phone. This recording picks up roughly 10 minutes into the call, whereby she and I have already played along and given a myriad of reasons and explanations as to why we are canceling (which is why I simply stopped answering the rep's repeated question -- it was clear the only sufficient answer was "Okay, please don't disconnect our service after all."). Please forgive the echoing and ratcheting sound, I was screwing together some speaker wires in an empty living room! Updates: 7/15 - Comcast has issued an apology: http://corporate.comcast.com/comcast-voices/comcast-statement-regarding-customer-service-call 7/16 - I have continued to reiterate publicly that I do not want Comcast to terminate the rep, and that I believe the call itself belies a deeper, systemic dysfunction: https://twitter.com/ryan/status/489576392250519552 https://twitter.com/ryan/status/489576399636676609 https://twitter.com/ryan/status/489576406301413376 Comment by barrett217 @rae-jewell-reidhead: I know this is old but Comcast can be like that and I'm a Comcast customer. I have dealt with customer support like that. It is really sad that they can be that bad. Not everyone of are like that but they are some that are. So lighten up. 2017/04/22 06:49:52 +0000 Comment by William J. Smith man what a bunch of RRtard Assholes.... HEY MORON JUST CANCEL HIS G---F----N SERVICE. 2017/04/09 15:25:15 +0000 Comment by jesuschristislord This is the craziest phone call I've ever heard. I guess this guy was threatened with losing his job or his supervisor was standing over him. He probably was on the verge of losing job. 2017/04/06 09:17:30 +0000 Comment by ambie16 @kscottallen: sorry i am australian and here it's a bit different :) 2016/12/18 11:41:33 +0000 Comment by Scott Allen 1 @kscottallen: Most of the calls start with "This call may be recorded for training purposes" 2016/12/15 02:54:22 +0000 Comment by Scott Allen 1 @ambie16: Federal law permits recording telephone calls and in-person conversations with the consent of at least one of the parties. See 18 U.S.C. 2511(2)(d). This is called a "one-party consent" law. Under a one-party consent law, you can record a phone call or conversation so long as you are a party to the conversation. 2016/12/15 02:53:49 +0000 Comment by Zeke Kromar @rae-jewell-reidhead: He never said its every agent. He just put up this one call. 2016/12/13 08:28:47 +0000 Comment by ambie16 you realise that recording a phone call without permission is illegal...though points for the patience 2016/11/13 10:22:02 +0000 Comment by TheDeWNT @rae-jewell-reidhead: HE NEVER STATED THAT THIS WAS EVERY COMCAST AGENT, NOR SAY THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE AMAZING CUSTOMER SUPPORT, NOR TELL EVERYONE TO JUDGE THE COMPANY BASED ON THIS ONE CALL. SORRY I FORGOT MY CAPS LOCK ON, I HOPE THAT WASN'T AN INCONVENIENCE TO YOU. THANK YOU AND HAVE THE WORST DAY YOU COULD POSSIBLY HAVE :D - Sincerely, Someone who doesn't give a flying fuck 2016/08/29 20:34:43 +0000 Comment by Tony Velez 6 @ihatecomcast: amen & agreed & you are not what you called yourself, we both agree comcast is a crooked crappy company with no morals , blessings to ya 2016/08/22 01:16:14 +0000 Comment by Rae Jewell Reidhead THIS IS NOT EVERY COMCAST AGENT. COMCAST HAS AMAZING CUSTOMER SUPPORT AND ITA WRONG TO JUDGE THE WHOLE COMPANY BASED ON ONE BAD PHONE CALL. STOP PROMOTING HATE TOWARDS COMCAST. MOVE ON WITH YOUR LIFE 2016/07/16 17:02:34 +0000 Comment by SeventhSwami dear god what a royal piece of shit. 2016/07/14 19:05:24 +0000 Comment by Daniel Nicolo I would have lost it by then xD 2016/07/05 13:01:46 +0000 Comment by Shane Gentle Why don't you want it? Because I said so. Now cancel my service. 2016/07/04 10:11:06 +0000 Comment by Spaethon OMG this is insane. I <3 my Fios. They are nice to me :) F**k comcast! 2016/06/25 16:38:47 +0000 Comment by Spaethon I love my Fios :) They are nice 2016/06/25 16:36:20 +0000 Comment by Garrett Crandall Props to this guy for not flipping out on the Comcast rep. 2016/06/11 04:08:42 +0000 Comment by Electrify this rep. 2016/06/06 00:30:58 +0000 Comment by Baruch Horowitz unbelievable. thank gd i live in la 2016/05/29 08:56:29 +0000 Comment by Ziggy Agterberg LOL, this guy is hardcore AF! 2016/05/02 05:38:49 +0000 Comment by Malham Lane Comcast:Answer my questions; won't answer customer's questions 2016/05/01 00:44:43 +0000 Comment by Colours of Venice hahahaha 2016/04/06 13:45:23 +0000 Comment by Ivan Espinosa (IE Sniper) lol 2016/04/06 04:45:33 +0000 Comment by Tangy Seed @ungaoow: this was 10 minutes in. He said in the description that he & his wife gave the rep several reasons why they don't want to continue and the sales rep is just stalling so they eventually just hang up and keep comcast 2016/04/06 02:53:35 +0000 Comment by User 628094899 The guy probably gets in trouble if someone cancels on his line, or it counts against him. 2016/04/05 14:50:37 +0000 Comment by Jason Phillips Wow. The salesman is amazing. almost wants me to switch sides. 2016/04/01 05:22:38 +0000 Comment by Blue Dam Comcast rep knocks on my door, tries to sell me Comcast service. I tell him, "no offense, but I sincerely hate Comcast". Door to door sales guy, "I totally understand". 2016/04/01 02:35:10 +0000 Comment by klarrimore If anyone wants to call them and make a high quality recording of it use FireRTC. 2016/03/31 20:40:53 +0000 Comment by Pirate Ship Records lol 2016/02/16 10:08:40 +0000 Comment by KungPaoCow I can hear both of them getting extremely frustrated with each other and I can relate with the rep (Ryan is not giving him a straight answer that he can work with); However, he needs to learn how to just cut his losses and move on instead of becoming a celebrity for the worst customer sales rep on the Internet, *sigh* 2016/01/10 07:51:05 +0000